Your Questions Answered – Coal Seam Gas and Liquefied Natural Gas in Queensland
The Your Questions Answered – Coal Seam Gas and Liquefied Natural Gas in Queensland brochure outlines more information about CSG-LNG.
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Queensland’s coal seam gas reserves are providing the basis for the State’s developing liquefied natural gas (LNG) export industry.
LNG is coal seam gas that, after being extracted from the ground, has been cooled to a liquid so it can be transported to overseas markets.
Both gases are used to fuel natural gas appliances, such as heaters and stoves, and generate electricity.
A cleaner energy source, coal seam gas has powered Queensland homes for years.
Exploration in the state started in the 1970s, and today coal seam gas production is concentrated around south west and central Queensland.
The Your Questions Answered – Coal Seam Gas and Liquefied Natural Gas in Queensland brochure (PDF, 1.1M)* outlines more information about CSG-LNG and ways the industries are managed through stringent regulation and safeguards to protect the environment, land, and people’s safety and rights.
Included are facts about how:
- coal seam gas has been safely produced to power Queensland homes for over 15 years
- coal seam gas is a cleaner energy source than coal
- impact on the Great Artesian Basin will be minimal
- fraccing—which mostly uses water and sand—currently occurs in only a fraction of all coal seam gas operations and is tightly regulated
- underground water is monitored and managed to prevent unacceptable impacts
- Queensland’s best cropping land will be protected by new legislation
- coal seam gas operations are subject to stringent controls
- landholders’ rights are protected
- Queensland’s coal seam gas to LNG industry is subject to independent scrutiny
- wells are monitored and regulated for potential gas leaks.
For more information explaining the environmental management of the CSG industry read frequently asked questions.
Further CSG-LNG links:
- Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation
- Department of Education and Training
- Queensland Water Commission
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Last updated 9 December 2011